Centerfold Controversy

It's no wonder some women pose nude for magazines ("Why Famous Women Pose for Centerfolds," Magazines column, Sept. 22). The answer is simple--greed and absence of self-respect.

What is a wonder is why the major media give such credence to this dubious "checkbook journalism." Would Paula Parkinson be worth a photographer's airbrush if she didn't impugn Sen. Dan Quayle's honor? Does former church secretary Jessica Hahn's Playboy fame and fortune transform her into an expert on evangelical Christianity?